Program

21 October 2024: 

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9:00 am - OPENING SESSION

9:45 am - Final Event of the RISE-Vac Project

• Welcome and objectives: F. Meroueh / L. Tavoschi

• Vaccination in prison: where do we stand

  • HIPED data: F. Da Costa

  • RISE-Vac data: E. De Vita

  • Situation outside Europe: Elena Leclerc

10:15 am - Fostering Vaccination Culture in Prison

• Codevelopment of interventions for staff and materials developed and available: J. Harper

• Codevelopment of interventions for PLP: Femi or P. Harriott

• Case study 1: Moldova: I. Barbirosh

• Case study 2: France: A. Mieuset

• Case study 3: Cyprus: I. Stylianos / O. Tasos

11:00 am - Coffee Break

11:30 am - RISE-Vac’s Guidance Document on How to Increase VU in Prison Settings

• Introduction: L. Tavoschi

• Group Work: Participants divided into 5 groups to discuss specific chapters of the guidance and opportunities/challenges for implementation in other countries/prison institutions (10-minute shifts at corner tables).

12:30 pm - Plenary Return of Groups' Work

12:45 pm - Conclusions

1:00 pm - Light Lunch

2:00 pm - Women, Drugs, Prison: A Global Perspective

SESSION 1 – Key Issues for Women in Prison and Drug-Related Problems: Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East

• Chairs: Fadi Meroueh (Health Without Barriers) and Linda Montanari (EUDA, European Group on Gender and Drugs)

  • Women, drugs, prison: key issues (European perspective?): Linda Montanari, EMCDDA

  • Drug trafficking in female prison population in Latin America: Name TBD, COPOLAD

  • Role of stigma among women in prison in the Middle East: Elie Aaraj, Executive Director, Menhara

3:50 pm - Coffee Break

4:00 pm - SESSION 2 - Key Issues for Women in Prison and Drug-Related Problems: Africa, North America, and Australia

• Chairs: TBD

  • Gender-based violence and women in prison using drugs in Africa: Fatou Kine Dieng, Médecin Légiste, Sénégal

  • Addressing drug use and motherhood among women in prison in North America: TBD

  • Ethnic minorities women in prison for drug-related crimes in Australia: TBD

SESSION 3 – Testimonials: Learning from Direct Experience

• Chair: Sofia Ribeiro, EMCDDA, COPOLAD

  • Maria: Trajectories of a woman who had used drugs and is living in prison in Portugal

5:30 pm - Conclusions

7:30 pm - Gala Dinner

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22 October 2024

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9:00 am - Session on Addiction: OFDT/EUDA

• Drug use in French prisons: Results of the ESSPRI survey

• The emergence of synthetic opioids: Daan van der Gouwe

• Implementing Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine (LAIB) in Correctional Centres in NSW, Australia: Dr. Jillian Roberts

• Impact of long-acting depot buprenorphine post-release from custody – Early findings from the Release Study: Bethany White

• Experiences of Introducing Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine as an Opioid Dependency Treatment in Scottish Prisons: TBD

• RDR awareness project within the Brussels prison cell (PIRATE project): Kris Meurant

11:10 am - Coffee Break

11:40 am - Session EUDA/ECDC/INHSU

• 12:40 pm: Integrated TB treatment for people in prison: Svetlana Doltu

1:00 pm - Light Lunch

2:00 pm - Session UNODC

• Introduction: Ehab Salah (UNODC)

2:30 pm - Session EPLN/Human Rights

• Introduction: Julia Krikorian (EPLN)

• Health disparities and overrepresentation of First Nations people in prison: Michael Doyle

• Project on the return of Ukrainian prisoners who were illegally transported from Kherson region to Russian prisons: TBD

• Closing the gap: Human rights standards and harm reduction in prisons worldwide: Cinzia Bentrari

4:00 pm - Health Session

• Continuity of healthcare during entry and release from prison: The situation in Belgium, innovative initiatives – I.Care

• Multidisciplinary competency framework for practice and intervention in correctional settings: TBD

• Reference and interprofessional collaboration platform in correctional settings: My Connected Community in Social Inclusion (MC2IS)

5:00 pm - Continuity of Care / Cornerstone

• Voices inside: Exploring the perceptions of imprisoned people with the “RadioATIVIDADE” artistic intervention program – Isabel Silva

• Menstrual poverty and gender inequalities in a prison context: Nisa, Andreia

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23 October 2024

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9:00 am - 11:00 am - Prison Visit

Session OFDT/EUDA